General Instructions: Write a brief essay on the topic given below. The essay should be approximately 3 doublespaced pages in length (900-1000 words, and strictly no more than 1000 words). The assignment is due on Wednesday, Jan. 26, at 11:55 pm. Submission: You must submit your work online through the Assignment 1 Dropbox in UWACE. Please note carefully that only ONE file will be accepted to the Dropbox. Therefore, you must not use the dropbox to store drafts or otherwise incomplete versions of your work. Use only supported browsers (as listed here) to submit your work. See pp. 2-3 of this assignment sheet for detailed instructions on preparing online submissions and using ACE Dropboxes. The following pieces of information MUST be on the front page of your assignment: * Full Name * Student ID Number * Course Name and Number * Assignment Number * Date Late papers will be penalized at the rate of 10% per day late. No exceptions will be made without a documented excuse of sufficient weight (e.g., a medical emergency). Note on plagiarism: Passing off the work of others as your own constitutes plagiarism and is a serious offence. All suspected cases of plagiarism are referred to the Associate Dean's office. See http://arts.uwaterloo.ca/arts/ugrad/academic_responsibility.html for important information on plagiarism and other academic offences. See p. 2 of this assignment sheet for instructions on appropriate methods of citation for your essay.

Topic and Instructions: Consider the following scenario. A large pharmaceutical company develops a drug that is highly successful as a treatment for chronic and severe depression. Much time, energy and money has been invested into scientific research on this drug, and although it has a high success rate for most people, it has also been found to have serious side-effects for 1% of the population. One of the possible side-effects is an increase in...

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Although African Americans were discriminated in the army like they were at home. During WWII, some gains were made in the army. While units remain for the most part segregated, many more officer positions were given to African Americans than prior to that time. In fact the 1940 Selective Service Act actually prohibited discrimination on the basis of race for certain volunteer positions.
More importantly, WW II open the eyes of African Americans. They were supposedly fighting for freedom in Europe. They question themselves whose freedom they were fighting for; obviously they were not free back home. Were they dying on the battle field to defend freedom for white people? After the war they went home and some of them joined the civil rights struggle for them....